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Size | 5 items |
Abstract | The collection includes typed transcriptions of four letters of Robert H. Thach to his wife, Lila Coleman Thach, and a postwar reminiscence (19 pages) of Otis D. Smith of Alabama of his experiences in the Confederate army during the invasion of Maryland by John B. Gordon's Brigade, Confederate States of America., in 1862. Thach, with the 9th Alabama Regiment, wrote his wife, who was in Athens, Ala., about the first battle of Bull Run, July 1861, and personal matters. |
Creator | Thach (Family : Limestone County, Ala.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, April 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Members of the Thach family include Robert H. Thach (fl. 1850-1863), a Confederate soldier, and his wife, Lila Coleman Thach (fl. 1861).
Back to TopThe collection includes typed transcriptions of four letters of Robert H. Thach to his wife, Lila Coleman Thach, and a postwar reminiscence (19 pages) of Otis D. Smith of Alabama of his experiences in the Confederate army during the invasion of Maryland by John B. Gordon's Brigade, Confederate States of America., in 1862. Thach, with the 9th Alabama Regiment, wrote his wife, who was in Athens, Ala., about the first battle of Bull Run, July 1861, and personal matters.
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Original finding aid |
Papers, 1859-1863 |